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Ergo, Harvard could be embodied by Benjamin Franklin, Yale could be embodied by King George, making you our “friend” Benedict. (I’d call your mother soon. You’ve not long for this world.) You think it doesn’t matter? Sure, the biscuits don’t matter—but the tea and the artificially constructed closed-market economy? Your backing of Yale supports the slave trade. Please don’t ever write in again...
...Wagoner, it's that he isn't the only car guy in the hot seat. Even Carlos Ghosn, chief of Nissan, the automotive turnaround story of the decade, is experiencing a sales slump, and the company has announced plans to move its North American headquarters from Los Angeles to Franklin, Tenn., to save a few bucks. The bright side for nearby Saturn workers who may soon be out of a job: at least they now know where to send a rsum?...
...their country's poverty, teachers in the Philippines seldom have to deal with the discipline problems that plague many inner-city public schools in the U.S. In the Philippines students are ritually deferential to teachers and stand to address them. U.S. school districts try to smooth the transition. Tasha Franklin, director of training and teacher development for Baltimore's teaching residency program, led a four-hour workshop in October for the teachers Duque had hired in Manila...
After putting them at ease with softball questions about what inspired them to teach and how they responded to challenges, she asked them how classes in Baltimore compared with ones the teachers had had in the Philippines. Franklin, like most of Baltimore's students, is black, and the Filipino teachers were hesitant to respond at first, fearing they might offend her. "Back home it's so different. It's all obedience and respect," said one. "Here the students are, um, very direct, very bold." Franklin nodded but pushed for more. "Please don't be polite," she urged. Shyly at first...
After calmly recording each observation on a blackboard, Franklin turned to her audience. "Being an urban teacher is a lot like being a cardiologist or a dermatologist," she explained. "You may be a doctor, but that doesn't mean you know the heart, or the skin as an organ. It's the same thing with the urban teacher. You have a set of skills that make you a good teacher. But here you need a new set of skills...